Magic Matter(s)

A poem by FMST graduate student Zia Puig, written in honor of the #COLA campaign.

April 10, 2020

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THERE IS MAGIC AROUND.

CAN YOU FEEL IT—OR IS IT JUST ME?

IT IS FUZZING BETWEEN

US, GLOWING AMONG US, MATERIALIZED THROUGH US,

EXISTING WITHIN US. CAN YOU FEEL IT—OR IS IT JUST ME?

WE ARE ALCHEMISTS OF CHANGE.

 

LOOK AROUND. FOR REAL, LOOK AROUND ... 

IT IS IMPORTANT TO PAUSE, TO REMEMBER THESE DAYS. WRITE ABOUT THEM.

BREATHE THEM. THESE DAYS ARE WEIRDLY GIVING TO MANY OF US,

SO MUCH PAIN AND SO MUCH LUCIDITY - ALL AT ONCE. 

HONOR WHAT WE HAVE PULLED TOGETHER. HONOR THE MAGIC OF YOUR BODY, 

OF YOUR MIND, OF YOUR SPIRIT, OF YOUR HEART: 

DID YOU KNOW YOU WERE THIS WISE? 

 

ISN'T IT OBVIOUS THAT WE CHOSE EACH OTHER BEFORE? ISN'T IT EVIDENT THAT

WE HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER MANY TIMES, THAT WE HAVE CHANGED WORLDS

TOGETHER ALREADY - THAT WE ARE MADE OF MAGIC STUFF?

I FEEL IN MY HEART I HAVE LOOKED INTO YOUR EYES ANOTHER TIME.

I KNOW YOUR SOUL FROM BEFORE. SOMEWHERE ELSE:

WE HAVE HUGGED EACH OTHER SOMEWHERE ELSE. 

 

LOOK AROUND, THIS IS IT. OUR ELDERS ARE WITH US, HOLDING OUR HANDS.

OUR ANCESTORS, THE SOULS WHO TAKE CARE OF US,

QUE NOS CUIDAN WITH THEIR LOVE, WHO KEEP US ALIVE, 

GROUNDED EN LA TIERRA AND IN THE SKY: THEY ARE WITH US.

 

CAN YOU FEEL IT - OR IS IT JUST ME?

THERE IS  NO-THING OUT OF REACH: AND THIS IS NOT A METAPHOR.

WE CAN EXPAND OURSELVES ACROSS ERASED HISTORIES. 

 

WE ARE THE ONES: THE ONES WHO IMAGINE AND MAKE UNIVERSES

WHENWHERE STARS SPARKLE WITH CARE, KINDNESS, LOVE, AND SOLIDARITY

FOR ALL WHO HAVE BEEN DEEMED VALUELESS BY SYSTEMS OF DISPOSSESSION,

EXPLOITATION, AND EXTERMINATION. 

 

LOOK AROUND. WE ARE THE ENERGY THAT NURTURES ANY POSSIBLE TRANSFORMATION.

WE TIME TRAVEL - TRANSCENDING THE IM/POSSIBILITIES

OF THE PRESENT. WE ARE THE SHAPESHIFTERS OF THE COSMOS.

WE ARE ALCHEMISTS OF CHANGE.